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Patented Sept. 19, 1882.

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JESSE O. BOYD, OF RUSHVILLE, INDIANA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,615, dated September 19, 1852.

Application filed lllay 13, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, JESSE QBOYD, of Bush- \'ille, in the county of Bush and State of Indiana, have. invented a new and useful Improvement in Vehicles, of which the following is a full clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide an easy-riding seat for two-wheeled vehicles, and to remove the weight from the shafts.

To that end my invention consists in a seat provided with arms connected to the shafts by clips, and having C-springs interposed between the seat and axle, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming'a partot'this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

} Figure l is a sideview, showingmyimproved spring as applied to a wagon. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same.

B is the axle of an ordinarytwo-wheeled vehicle. O is the seat, and A A are the seatsprings. DDare arms connected to the shafts E by clips (6 to allow the arms to move upon the shatts. The springs A are of C form, attached at one end directly to the axle and at their upper end to the supporting-bars D of the seat. The springs may be fitted at either end with a knuckle or joint. These springs make the seat easy riding, and it will be seen that the axle of the vehicle takes the weight directly, so that there is little or no weight upon the shafts.

1 am aware that a vehicle-seat has heretofore been supported by two pairs'of C-springs, one pair of which is interposed between the axle and seat and the other between the seat and shafts and jointed thereto, and I therefore lay no claim to such construction. In my invention I dispense with the forward pair of jointed springs, and employ in lieu thereof arms connected with the shafts by clips, and adapted to slide thereon in the movements of the seats and'act as stops thereto, and thereby form a different, cheaper, and simpler con struction, and are less liable to get out of order than that disclaimed.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination, with the axle B and the curved shafts E, of the seat (J, provided with the arms 1), connected to the shafts by the clips a and adapted to slide thereon, and the springs A, having one end secured to the axle and the opposite end to the rear ends of arms 1), substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JESSE C. BOYD.

Witnesses:

JOHN FRAIZER, WILLIAM M. B011). 

